Introduction: From Presentism and Historicism to Discourse
Introduction: From Presentism and Historicism to Discourse
This part of the book focuses on the theoretical and methodological preparation for the discourse analysis of the construction of sociology. It discusses the rationale for considering sociology as being related to social knowledge within the context of the discourse of modernity. Presentists focus on the inner form of sociological knowledge, which have been created and carried forward by past sociologists. In contrast, historicists insist on the application of historical methods to sociology's past.
Keywords: discourse analysis, sociology, social knowledge, modernity, presentists, sociologists, historicists
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